Also, the difficulty in this game is weird. I went from feeling rather weak near the end of the desert section (with that optional boss duo) to feeling really strong, almost overpowered at the beginning of the next section by decimating the two optional bosses. Maybe it's just because my Black Mage got its tier two spells.

I've had exp off for like 3 dungeons now, and I have found no difficulty in any fights. The hardest fight so far was the red mage fight because it kept charming my guys who would then clock my team with a strong hit and 1 shot me. So I'm probably still overleveled.

I added a bunch of friend codes here so check your lists and such, please.

The script kinda feels like watching an episode of frasier. Ringabel and Agnes are so proper sounding, then Tiz comes off as a hillbilly, and Edea could be a valley girl. It's cute if a tad forced. Sage dude is awesome though.

omg, awesome comparison. xD

I get nervous playing this game, I have no idea if I'm doing it right or not.

Also, the economy bloody sucks, I find myself grinding just for money sometimes to get new equips.

Okay, when I thought Monk was overpowered, it quickly fell down the scale once Chapter 1 rolled over.

That boss in the cave gave me a lot of trouble that I had to rely on calling friends and getting free bonuses. I was lvl. 17 at the time.

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That was actually a pretty epic fight.

Yeah, I went from flattening the Dragon in short order to needing to burn SP points to clear the tutorial quest not get wiped out by Orthros (would've helped if I had equipped Abate Fire on my Thief instead of Speed +10%, she spent most of that fight eating dirt). And yeah, between the diminishing number of beast type enemies, the presence of the Angel Bow, and the general lack of weapon upgrades since Bastet Claws have left my Monk doing less damage than my Thief (although my Monk now has abilities that can help her surpass my Thief's damage output, but it requires a few turns to set up).

Heh heh...I was level 29 when I fought orthros. I just braved and cast 4 fires on the ice head and melee blitzed with the other 3 members. After getting slapped for 4 rounds from the surviving head, I blitzed again and won. That's pretty much been the strategy for bosses since.

Black Mages make Orthros easy. I had a much bigger problem with the next crystal boss than him, until I realized that

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his physical attack is also water-based, so you can use water defense skills to lower the damage you take.

Also, friendly warning: There's a spoiler in the artbook just by placement of one of the character's art in a certain section. I'd recommend not going more than, say, half in.

On an unrelated and pointless note, I love the Hartschild theme. It's really the first noteworthy song on the soundtrack for me.

I took the same approach for it too, brave blitz 4 spells and melee the rest. Eat 4 hits which wasn't so painful, and cura twice during the next blitz. It works pretty well, and I've had experience turned off for roughly 70% of chapter 2 so I was only 38 fighting the boss.

So does anybody know what the deal is with the guy in the Wind Shrine? I half expect him to be some sort of sidequest related but usually there's more of an indication as to what's up with somebody than "You're not good enough. Come back tomorrow.".

So does anybody know what the deal is with the guy in the Wind Shrine? I half expect him to be some sort of sidequest related but usually there's more of an indication as to what's up with somebody than "You're not good enough. Come back tomorrow.".

It is part of the summoner sidequest. Once you get the job he will "test" you to see if you are worthy of that summon.